Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

63 mins | Comedy | March 12, 1943

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.

Dixie Dugan

63 mins | Comedy | March 12, 1943

Dixie Dugan
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Dixie Dugan
Directors Otto Brower
Writers J.P. McEvoy, Harold Buchman, Lee Loeb

Cast

Lois Andrews

as Dixie Dugan

James Ellison

as Roger Hudson

Charlotte Greenwood

as Mrs. Dugan

Charles Ruggles

as Pa Dugan

Helene Reynolds

as Jean Patterson

Raymond Walburn

as J.J. Lawson

Ann E. Todd

as Imogene Dugan (as Ann Todd)

Eddie Foy Jr.

as Matt Hogan

Irving Bacon

as Mr. Kelly

Sarah Edwards

as Mrs. Kelly

George Melford

as Mr. Sloan

Mae Marsh

as Mrs. Sloan

Morris Ankrum

as Editor

Dick French

as Phillips

George Lessey

as Sen. Patterson

Paul E. Burns

as Sign Painter

Ruth Warren

as Sergeant's Wife

Eddie Dunn

as Policeman

Milton Kibbee

as Pressman

Byron Foulger

as Secretary

Dick Baron

as Copyboy (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Artist (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

as First Worker (uncredited)

Harry Denny

as Worker (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Citizen (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Soldier (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Bridge Player (uncredited)

Clarence Hennecke

as Postman (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Night Porter (uncredited)

Kitty McHugh

as (uncredited)

Millard Mitchell

as Accident Victim (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Girl (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Salesman (uncredited)

John Wald

as Announcer (uncredited)

Ray Walker

as Burns (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Pressman (uncredited)

Dave Willock

as Phil (uncredited)

Sam Wren

as FBI Agent (uncredited)